Society

A six-year-old boy who got lost in Dak Lak Provicne was found safe more than 10 kilometres from home after a night in the mountains with his family dog by his side.

Nearly 500 residents were evacuated in Quang Tri after heavy rain triggered flooding along the Se Pon River, inundating dozens of homes and disrupting transport links.

Northern Vietnam is forecast to see heavy rain through Wednesday, with some areas receiving over 300mm, raising flood and landslide risks.

A Vietnamese cargo ship with 17 crew members aboard ran aground off Hue amid high waves and strong winds, with bad weather hampering efforts to refloat the vessel.

A rescue vessel battled waves of more than four metres and strong winds to evacuate two critically ill patients from the Cham Islands off Danang to the mainland for emergency treatment.

A tropical depression is forecast to hit central Vietnam overnight, bringing torrential rain and raising flood and landslide risks.

Moderate to heavy rain has hit several areas in Dak Lak Province, leaving soil moisture close to saturation and raising the risk of flash floods, landslides and land subsidence.

Vietnamese border guards have detained a Cambodian national accused of organising an illegal border crossing involving a Philippine woman near the Vietnam-Cambodia border.

Police in Haiphong have arrested a Chinese national wanted by authorities in Guangxi, China, on smuggling charges after locating him in the northern Vietnamese port city.

Ho Chi Minh City reported the largest share of newly detected HIV infections in Vietnam in 2025, accounting for 31 per cent of all new cases nationwide.

HCM City has opened a new child mental health facility to address years of inadequate infrastructure and rising demand for specialist care.

Persistent heavy rain triggered multiple landslides on a key road linking Dalat and Buon Ma Thuot, disrupting traffic and prompting safety warnings from authorities.

Authorities in Hue City have warned of flash floods and landslides across 16 wards and communes as heavy rain is forecast to intensify over the coming days.

Hanoi is considering offering women VND 2 million (USD 76) per birth and VND 4 million for having a second child before 35 to help maintain replacement-level fertility.

HCM City’s construction department has asked police to act against people defacing newly upgraded bus shelters with graffiti.

Military authorities in Dong Nai have safely removed and transferred a 300kg wartime bomb discovered by a resident working in a family orchard.

Pupils nationwide will be screened for five groups of health conditions from 2028, including obesity, vision problems and mental health disorders, under new Health Ministry regulations.

Authorities in HCM City detected 227 illegal drone flights in no-fly zones in less than two weeks, including drones whose software had been modified to bypass flight restrictions.

A man in Ha Tinh Province was startled to find a 6-kg monitor lizard crawling into his home before his family captured the protected animal and handed it over to authorities.